Eichstätt is a small town in Upper Bavaria which until the 1972 redrawing of municipal boundaries was administratively part of Middle Franconia. The seat of a bishopric and a small university, the town is fiercely Catholic, which may have played a role in separating it from the more Lutheran Middle Franconia.
Understand
Get in
By train
As the first train station sat outside the town itself (but more conveniently along the railway line) a secondary "Eichstätt Stadt" station was built later
- 1 Bahnhof Eichstätt.
- 2 Bahnhof Eichstätt Stadt.
Get around
Map of Eichstätt
See
- 1 Jura-Museum. The Jurassic museum includes an original Archaeopteryx.
- 2 Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte auf der Willibaldsburg (Pre-historic and early history museum).
- 3 Diözesanmuseum Eichstätt.
Religious buildings
As an arch-catholic seat of a diocese dating back to the 8th century, Eichstätt is naturally home to numerous ornate Catholic religious buildings
- 4 Dom zu Eichstätt (Cathedral).
- 5 Residenz Eichstätt. The palace once used by the prince-bishops.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 1 Gasthof Krone, Domplatz 3, ☏ 49 8421-4406.
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Gästehaus der Benedektinerinnenabtei St. Walburg, Abtei St. Walburg/Marienhaus, Walburgiberg 6, ☏ 49 8421-9887-0, ✉[email protected]. double 72 € incl. breakfast.
Learn
- 1 Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The only catholic university of Germany has its main campus here.